Is it possible that bad parenting could lead to bad sex? Could spoiled and selfish kids grow up to be spoiled and selfish bed partners? A recent article and book review in The New Yorker, “Why are American kids so spoiled?” got us thinking along these lines.
The basic question that journalist Elizabeth Kolbert wants to answer is, How did children become the miniature bosses of the household, doing nothing and expecting everything — even past college age. Kolbert talks about “a generation of kids who can’t, or at least won’t, tie their own shoes,” and how this has given rise to a new genre of parenting books — The Price of Privilege, The Narcissism Epidemic, etc. The latest title in this field is Slouching Toward Adulthood: Observations from the Not-So-Empty Nest. Author Sally Koslow writes, “Our offspring have simply leveraged our braggadocio, good intentions, and over investment. … [They inhabit] a broad savannah of entitlement that we’ve watered, landscaped, and hired gardeners to maintain.” Her advice? “The best way for a lot of us to show our love would be to learn to un-mother and un-father.”
For the record, neither Kolbert nor Koslow talk about what kind of adult sex partners these children — or overgrown children — turn out to be. But we can’t stop thinking about it. That guy who spends hundreds of thousands of dollars of his parents’ money to get a college degree then returns home to his childhood bedroom so he can sit on his parents’ couch and drink their beer… How much do you want to bet he’s not exactly the first to offer cunnilingus?
Definitely.
A great lover only has one thing on his mind and that’s his partners pleasure.
in my experience those guys that have been given everything are less giving lovers….on in particuar didnt think he needed to give oral but that it was my job to give it all the time…luckily i have a hubby that is the very opposite of spoiled and he is a very giving lover we have a great time
Just read that article. My younger cousin is a perfect example of what they’re talking about. I remember when he was little, he once knocked a rubber ball into a shallow ditch beside the yard. He let out an aggrieved wail, and his mom ran over saying, “oh no, what’s the problem?” before climbing into the ditch to get the ball. My dad muttered, “that’s the problem, right there…”
Is my cousin a selfish lover? Impossible to say! Now a high school graduate, he has never gotten anywhere near a girl in his life.
Hm, good question. I don’t think I’ve ever had a partner who was raised spoiled. Raised in other shitty ways that led to a host of issues, sure, but never spoiled.